Overview
The federal case charged members of the Chambers Brothers Organization with narcotics, continuing-criminal-enterprise, firearm, tax, and related offenses arising from a Detroit crack-cocaine conspiracy operating during the 1980s.
Evidence
Federal testimony described a structured network of crack houses, managers, delivery personnel, money collectors, and an enforcement unit known as the wrecking crew. Informant Terry Colbert supplied investigators with extensive information that supported a large number of search warrants.
Convictions and Appeals
Larry and Billy Joe Chambers were convicted of continuing-criminal-enterprise offenses along with other defendants convicted on conspiracy and related counts. The Sixth Circuit affirmed major portions of the prosecution while later proceedings addressed overlapping conspiracy and CCE convictions.